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Early in the pandemic, many people decided to foster or adopt a pet while they stayed at home. 

But now as more people are returning to work in person, more of them are deciding to surrender their pets back to shelters. 

Kimberly Cheng reports live for the KTLA 5 news on May 13, 2021.